Genny Smith (1922 - March 4, 2018)[1] was a publisher and editor of guidebooks about the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Owens Valley of California, United States.[2] Her writings about the history, geology and biology of the region had caused her to be dubbed "the Naturalist Queen of the Eastern Sierra".[3][1]
Starting in 1958, Smith lobbied against a Trans-Sierra Highway starting at Minaret Summit near Mammoth Lakes, California.[4] Smith and other residents of Mammoth worked with Norman Livermore to convince Governor Ronald Reagan to cancel the road in 1972.[4][5]
She received a B.A. degree from Reed College in 1943.[6][7] She a resident of Cupertino, California,[8] while spending her summers in Mammoth Lakes, California.[7] She was formerly on the board of directors of the Mono Lake Committee.[9]
Smith received the Andrea Lawrence Award from the Mono Lake Committee in 2017, for her guidebook writing and work in preventing the trans-Sierra road.[10]